Read the passage. his majesty desired i would take some other opportunity of bringing all the rest of his enemy’s ships into his ports. and so unmeasurable is the ambition of princes, that he seemed to think of nothing less than reducing the whole empire of blefuscu into a province and governing it by a viceroy; of destroying the big-endian exiles and compelling that people to break the smaller end of their eggs, by which he would remain sole monarch of the whole world. . what is the main idea of this paragraph from gulliver’s travels by jonathan swift?

Which of the following passages from the book best represents the author's use of symbolism? a. the photograph taken of the young enlisted men representing the horrors of war b. woody's mustache representing the government's hidden rules and regulations c. papa's fishing fleet representing his interrogation experience in the south dakotan military facility d. the large empty expanse of the firebreak representing jeanne's feelings of separation from her parents

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. she was a small woman, short and straight-waisted like a child in her brown cotton gown. her forehead was mild and benevolent between the smooth curves of gray hair; there were meek downward lines about her nose and mouth; but her eyes, fixed upon the old man, looked as if the meekness had been the result of her own will, never of the will of another. in at least one hundred words, explain how this excerpt uses explicit and implicit details to describe sarah penn.

How are the two arguments made in the passages different? a. the first passage claims that pets in class will children with health problems; the second passage says pets will make some health problems worse. b. the first passage claims that students’ nervousness will decrease around pets; the second says that students’ nervousness will increase around pets. c. the first passage claims that pets will make the teacher’s work easier by keeping students busy; the second passage says pets will make the teacher’s work harder. d. the first passage claims that pets in school will be good for kids’ mental health; the second passage says pets will be bad for kids’ mental health.